End-gate for wagons



(N 0 Model.)

W. EMERY! End Gate for Wagons.

' Patented May 10, 1881..

N. PEIERS. PhoimLRhogrupher, Wmshingion. D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WVILLIAIVI EMERY, OF GONCORDIA, KANSAS.

EN D-GATE FOR WAGONS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 241,199, dated May 10,1881.

Application filed February 12, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM EMERY, a citizenof the United States, residing at Concordia, in the county of Cloud andState of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inEnd-Gates for Wagons; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a partof thisspecification.

Myinvention relates to the tail-board or endgate of a wagon and thenovelty consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, as willbe more fully hereinafter set forth, and speeifically pointed out in theclaims.

Ordinarily devices of this kind operate in vertical grooves in theside-boards, and have to be lifted entirely out of the grooves in orderto be liberated. In my device I obviate this inconvenient and laboriousmethod, and my construction serves to lirmlylock the end-gate in place.

In carrying out my invention I secure and brace the side-boards of thebody by vertical bars situated within the vertical grooves in saidside-boards, and passing through the rear cross-beam are held firmly bynut and thread. A curved brace-bar extends from near the ends of thecross-bar or beam upward, and is bolted to the side-boards by bolts andnuts, which pass through the vertical bars and afford a projection whichoperates in a groove or recess in each end of the gate to lock the samein place. A perforated ear upon the gate is adapted to pass through aslot in a hinged lever, and a pivoted book serves to lock the lever whenit is closed. This lever is provided with a convenient operating-handle,and has pivoted to it, above and below, two arms, which are secured to asliding plate having two or more slots, in which operate bolts, whichbolts secure the plate to the body of the gate. When the lock-lever isopen the plate is withdrawn from the vertical guide in one of theside-boa rd s, and the gate may be readily removed,

It will be observed that the pivotal bearings of the duplex arms are ona plane within the pivotal point of the lever'hinge, and that lateralpressure of the side-boards serves to hold the lever in its closedposition.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification,Figure l is a rear elevation, partially in section; Fig. 2, a similarview with the lock-lever open; Fig. 3, a top-plan view, and Fig. 4 asimilar "iew with the lock-lever open.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the rear cross-beam, A thebottom, and A the sideboards, having vertical guides a.

B represents the vertical bar, fixed within the guides a by nuts 1)below and projections 1) upon bolts (I, which secure the bars, sides,and curved braces D together by a nut, 0. These braces are secured topoints near the ends of the cross-beam A by thumb-nuts d.

E represents the body of theend-gate, at one end of which is rigidlysecured a plate, E, havin g a recess, 0 which receives one of the pro-.

jections b, and at the other is secured a sliding plate, E of similarconstruction to the plate E, except that it is provided with slots 0,which receive the bolts 0.

0 represents the recess which receives 1).

F F represent arms secured at one end, to the sliding plate E and at theother, at f, to a lock-lever, G, hinged at g, and having a slot, g,which receives an ear, h, having a perforation, h, and a hook, m, whichoperates in the perforation h to lock the lever G in place.

00 represents a handle upon the lever G.

The operation and advantages of the invention are obvious.

What I claim as new is- 1. An end-gate for wagons, having a slottedsliding and lockin g plate bolted thereto, and adapted to be withdrawnby horizontal movement, as and for the purposes specified.

2. The brace-bolts O, havingprojections b, bar li and brace D, combinedwith an endgate'having a horizontally-sliding plate, and recesses c 0 asand for the purposes setforth.

3. The combination of the hinged lever G g, having slot g, and hook 7L2,with the arms F, slidiu g plate E e, recesses c e, perforated ear h, andprojections b as and for the purposes In testimony whereof I afiix mysignature in specified. presence of two witnesses.

4. The duplex bars F pivoted to the slidin plate E at f and to the leverG at f, con; WILLIAM EMERY' 5 bined with said lever and plate, andadapted 'Witnesses:

to rest upon a plane within the plane of the J. D. WILSON, hinge whenthe lever is closed, as and for the E. E. SWEARINGEN.

purposes specified.

